Temporary binder



(No Model.)

' T. NOBLE.

TEMPORARY BINDER.

No.' 594,420. Patented Nov. so, 1897.

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"Nirsn STATES ATENT TRUMAN `NOBLE, -OF ITHACA, NEW YORK.

TEMPORARY BINDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 594,420, dated November30, 1897.

` Application filed December 29, 1896. Serial No. 617,348. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, TRUMAN NOBLE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ithaca, in the county of Tompkins and State of New York,have invented a new and useful Temporary Binder, of which the followingis a specification. .j

This invention relates to temporary binders for filing awaypapers,reoeipts, 85o., for future reference or for holding sheets ofpaper in convenient positions for making memoranda, transcribing, or forany required purpose.

The principal object of the improvement is to enable any paper to beremoved from the binder without disturbing the others, therebyincreasing the usefulness and desirability of devices of this character.For a full understanding of the merits and advantages of the inventionreferencev is to be had to the accompanying drawings and the followingdescription.

The improvement is susceptible of various changes in theform,proportion, and the minor details of construction without departingfrom the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof, and toa full disclosure of the invention an adaptation thereof is shown in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view showingthe fastener applied to a support. Fig. 2 is a side elevation showingthe plate in section. Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the pivotedmember turned back. Fig. 4 is a detail section of the meeting ends ofthe members, showing the interlocking joint formed between them. Fig. 5is a transverse section of the fastener or binder. Fig. 6 is aperspective view showing a different manner of providing theinterlocking joint between the members of the holder. Fig. 7 is a detailsection of the terminal portions of the members comprising the holderillustrated' in Fig. 6.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated secured to a cover or support 3 in anyconvenient and substantial manner, and, as shown, it is formed withlateral extensions which are bent to provide anchoring-points 4 to bethrust through slits or openings in the cover or support and have theirprojecting terminals clenched, so as to securely fasten the holder inplace. The holder 2 comprises similar members 5 and 6, the member 5being rigidly attached to the base-plate in any manner found mostconvenient, preferably by having its lower end reduced and passingthrough an opening therein and having the projecting extremity upset orriveted. The upper or free end of the lined member 5 has a notch orsocket 7 to receive the end portion 8 of the pivoted member 6 when theholder is closed, and said'meeting ends are constructed to interlock,whereby they are held together when the binder is in service. Thepivoted member 6 is hinged at its lower end to the base-plate l in anyof the usual ways commonly resorted to for pivoting or hin gin g a partin the mechanic arts. As shown, an end portion of the baseplate, as 9,is bent at right angles thereto, and the lower end of the member 6 isformed with a kerf to receive the part 9, and apin lO passes throughregistering openings in the parts 6 and 9 and is the pivot or pintleupon which the member 6 turns when opening and closing. The free end ofthe pivoted member 6 is cleft, as shown at ll, forming spring partswhich are adapted to be pressed together to effect an interlocking orreleasing of the members 5 and 6 when required. The cleft ll extendsthrough the interlocking end 8, and the latter is formed withprotuberances l2 to spring into openings or recesses 13 in the sides ofthe notch or socket '7, whereby the members 5 and 6 are held togetherwhen coupled or closed. To open the holder, the spring parts are pressedbetween the thumb and finger, so as to withdraw the interlockingprotuberances or projections l2 from the openings or recesses 13, afterwhich the pivoted member can be moved away from the fixed'member 5. Whenclosing the members, the same operation is repeated to enable theprojections 12 to clear the sides or walls of the notch or socket 7, aswill be readily understood, and when the projections come in j registerwith the openings 13 they will spring IOO into the latter upon releasingthe spring parts of the pivoted member.

The vita-l feature of the invention resides in the fixed and pivotedmembers and in the interlocking joint form ed between their outer' orfree ends and in having an end portion cleft so as to provide springparts which are adapted to be compressed in order to effect a releasingor a coupling of the joint when required. In Figs. G and 7 the fixedmember is provided with a socket having inner projeetions 14, and thepivoted member has its end tapering and formed with notches 15 toreceive the inner projections 14, the construction otherwise being thesame as that shown in the other figures and herein described at length.The wire from which the members are formed may have any desiredcross-seetional configuration, and the end portions of the members maycurve gradually or be bent about at right angles, according to the styleand finish of the holder.

lVhen the temporary binder is in the form of a book, the fasteners aresecured to a cover adjacent to the back, or if the papers are to be keptin tablet form the fasteners may be applied to a single support andsecured thereto adjacent to an edge. The bills, receipts, or otherpapers to be iiled are punched in the ordinary manner, so as to provideopenings to receive the holder and are engaged with the latter byturning back the pivoted member, and after the papers have been placedin position the pivoted member is closed and is held to the xed memberby reason of the interlocking joint between them, thereby admitting ofthe papers being moved from one member to the other.

In the event of it being required to remove one of a number of papersfrom the binder the papers are parted and distributed upon the members 5and G unt-il the required paper is on top of one pile or t-he other,when by turning back the pivoted member the paper desired can be removedwithout disturbing the others, as will be readily understood.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. In atemporary binder, complementary members normally secured by means of aninterlocking joint and readily separable, each adapted to receive thepapers, and having their sides flush at the joint, and one member havinga terminal portion to enter a depression in the terminal of the oppositemember, and having a cleft extending for a short distance from itsextremity, providing spring members at all times accessible to bepressed between the fingers for releasing the interlocking joint,substantially as set forth.

2. In a temporary binder, a base-plate, and aholder comprising similaror complementary parts having their upper end portions bent toward eachother and separable at a middle point, one of the parts being rigidlyattached to the base-plate and the other part having a pivotalconnection therewith, and an interlocking joint provided between themeeting ends of the parts by having a notch or socket in the end ot' onepart, and a cleft in the end of the other part, providing spring memberswhose ends are reduced and formed with lateral extensions to engagepositively with the notched or socketed end of the other part,substantially in the manner set forth.

In a temporary binder, complementary members relatively movable towardand from each other to receive the papers on either one, and normallyheld together by an interlocking joint, one member having a socket ornotch, and the opposite member having its terminal portion reduced toenter the depressed extremity of the other member to interlocktherewith, and having the sides of the two members liush at the joint,and the last member having a cleft extending through its reducedterminal, forming spring members or parts which are at all timesaccessible to be pressed together between the fingers to admit of theinterlocking joint being released, substantially as set forth.

4L. In a temporary binder, a base-plate having a portion bent at rightangles thereto, a member rigidly attached to the base-plate, and acomplementary member pivoted to the said bent portion of the base-plateand having its free end constructed to interlock with the free terminalof the fixed member, and havingits end cleft, forming sprin gparts,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. In a temporary binder, a base-plate provided with anchoring-pointsand havinga portion bent at right angles thereto, and a holdercomprising a member rigidly attached to the base-plate and a secondmember pivoted to the aforesaid bent portion, the fixed member having anotch or socket, and the pivoted member having its end constructed toenter the said notch or'socket and adapted to interlock therewith, andcleft, providing spring parts, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

TRUMAN N OBLE.

W'itnesses:

J oHN I-I. SrGGERs, 1V. B. HUDSON.

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